DOCSLIB.ORG

Capitalism Versus Democracy? Also by Boris Frankel

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Capitalism Versus Democracy? Also by Boris Frankel CAPITALISM VERSUS DEMOCRACY? ALSO BY BORIS FRANKEL Democracy Versus Sustainability Fictions of Sustainability: The Politics of Growth and Post-Capitalist Futures Zombies, Li"iputians and Sadists: The Power of the Living Dead and the Future of Australia When the Boat Comes In: Transforming Australia in the Age of Globalisation From the Prophets Deserts Come: The Stru#le to Reshape Australian Political Culture The Post Industrial Utopians Beyond the State? Dominant Theories and Socialist Strategies Marxian Theories of The State: A Critique of Orthodoxy CAPITALISM VERSUS DEMOCRACY? RETHINKING POLITICS IN THE AGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS BORIS FRANKEL GREENMEADOWS Copyright © Boris Frankel 2020 First published in 2020 by Greenmeadows P.O. Box 128 Elsternwick, Melbourne 3185 This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Enquiries should be made to the publisher. A catalogue record for this book is available from the National Library of Australia. Name: Frankel, Boris, author. Title: Capitalism Versus Democracy? Rethinking Politics in the Age of Environmental Crises/ Boris Frankel. Includes Notes and References and Index. Subjects: 1. Politics of environmental sustainability. 2. Fascism, socialism and democracy. 3. Post-capitalism – post-growth societies. 4. Social reform – alternative policies ISBN: (pbk) 978-0-6483633-4-7 ISBN: (epub) 978-0-6483633-5-4 Typeset in Hoefler Text. Cover Design by Emile Frankel. The publisher has endeavoured to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book were accurate and active at the time of going to press. However, neither the author nor the publisher has responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content has not changed since this book was prepared for publication. Once more with love and gratitude For Julie and Emile CONTENTS Preface ixxi Introduction – Setting the Scene 1 PARTBOOK I I THE DOMINANT PARADIGM OF CAPITALISM VERSUS DEMOCRACY 1. Forget Polanyi! Misreading the Political and Economic 5741 Origins of Our Time 2. Fatalism, Economism and Naturalism: Misunderstanding 9468 Fascism 3. The New Deal’s Controversial Legacy 124 90 4. From Windrip to Trump: The Evolution of ‘American 158 115 Fascism’ 5. Flawed Notions of the ‘Liberal State’ 187 136 6. Abandoning Simplistic Concepts of Socio-Political 230 168 Change PARTBOOK II II SHIFTING PARADIGM: THE LAST GASP OF A PRE-ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS POLITICS 7. Perpetuating Myths about Democratic Control 275201 8. Supranational Capitalism versus National Social 320 234 Democracy 9. Cosmopolitans and Nationalists: A Divided Political 371 271 Culture BOOKPART III III EMERGING NEW PARADIGM: DEMOCRACY VERSUS SUSTAINABILITY Introduction to Book Three 415 305 10. Conflicting Pathways to Post-Carbon Democracy 425 312 11. The Possible Emergence of New Social Change Agents 469 344 12. Political Organisational Challenges 509373 13. ‘Our dreams don’t fit into your ballot box’ 563412 14. National and Local Democracy Versus Global 616450 Sustainability 15. Decommodified Social Alternatives to Welfare State 656479 Capitalism Conclusion 713520 Notes and References 745545 Index 812593 PREFACE This book is part of a larger project on capitalism, democracy and sustain- ability that has preoccupied me in recent years. My previous work Fictions of Sustainability: The Politics of Growth and Post-Capitalist Futures published in 2018, analysed the connection between environmental sustainability issues and technological innovation, economic growth, financialisation and changing relations between advanced capitalist countries and low and middle-income societies. The highly problematic responses of mainstream policy makers and radical technological utopians or greens to these major problems has often been determined by what I call ‘analytical apartheid’. A majority of both pro-market and anti-capitalist political economists ignore environmental issues or treat them as marginal problems. Conversely, many environmentalists display minimal knowledge or interest in political econ- omy. In Capitalism Versus Democracy? I concentrate on political issues and how the dominant paradigm of capitalism in conflict with democracy has changed from the Great Depression and fascism of the 1930s to the Great Financial Crisis and the rise of neo-fascism and Green New Deals in the period from 2008 to the 2020 Pandemic. A variety of Right and Left parties, policy makers and activists continue to share a ‘pre-environmental political consciousness’. This perspective is evident in both anti-democratic authori- tarian regimes in low and middle-income countries and across the political spectrum in representative democracies. Apart from eco-socialists or advocates of degrowth, most of the anti- neoliberal Left or mainstream Greens have a circumscribed environmental consciousness. While supporting the urgent task of preventing climate x Preface breakdown, there is a tendency to either ignore or be unaware of how the larger complex problems surrounding material footprints and ecological sustainability (not just carbon footprints) affect political agendas for the ‘good life’. In fact, the vast majority of public debates on the environment are dominated by endless scientific reports on the merits of renewables versus fossil fuels, economic analyses of the cost of delaying or rapidly imple- menting decarbonisation. These reports and debates often mirror conven- tional political divisions between pro-market business and political forces and anti-capitalist parties and movements over how respective national governments are obstructing or supporting the transition to a post-carbon society. Instead of following this familiar approach to contemporary politics, in Books One and Two I analyse how the dominant paradigm of ‘capitalism versus democracy’ has evolved and outlived its capacity to explain the multiple crises we currently face. Book Three discusses why a rethink of contemporary politics needs also to focus on the multiple aspects of ‘democ- racy versus sustainability’. If the biophysical carrying capacity of the earth is already so seriously impacted by the current size of per capita and national material footprints of affluent populations in OECD countries, how is global equality to be achieved? This problem also affects all proposals for post-capi- talist societies. Without a fundamental reconfiguring of the utopian notions of a high-tech, affluent post-carbon or post-capitalist society, we will continue to see profound domestic and global material and socio-political inequalities continue in the future. For those who do not wish to read the larger thesis presented in this book, I have also written a modified version of Book Three which is published under the title Democracy Versus Sustainability. Completing this project during a global Pandemic has been a mixed expe- rience. Observing the daily casualty rate and scale of unnecessary deaths across the world (more than one million to date and over 34 million reported cases) warrants the International Court of Justice in The Hague to initiate proceedings against a new category of criminals, the Covid-19 criminals. From the US, Brazil and India, to Mexico, the UK and other countries, these Right-wing elected political leaders have wilfully contributed to the enor- mous death rates and serious ongoing illness of millions of people. They have either failed to act in time, dismissed the seriousness of the disease or delib- erately run-down health care and aged-care resources prior to the Pandemic with their pro-market attacks on necessary health and social services. Of course, if there is any justice in the world, then the International Court of Justice would also prepare proceedings against a wider range of leaders who Preface xi are wilfully ignoring or delaying dealing with the climate emergency – a global policy failure that unless quickly remedied will almost certainly result in untold millions of deaths in coming decades to human and non-human species. In countries with authoritarian governments, the public are severely constrained in their ability to act. However, in so-called democracies, the failure to respond adequately to the twin crises of the Pandemic and climate breakdown are occurring under the watchful or indifferent eyes of polarised electorates and governments that are sleepwalking towards disaster. On the positive side, like many writers, Covid-19 has been an unexpected blessing in that it has provided the enforced isolation that has enabled me to complete this book. I am grateful to the many authors whose work has enriched my understanding of socio-political and environmental issues. I particularly thank Director Brendan Gleeson and all the engaged colleagues at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute (MSSI), University of Melbourne for their support in providing a congenial and stimulating home over the past several years while working on this project. Together with Sam Alexander, I have organised MSSI’s Political Economy of Sustainability group over the past few years. I thank Sam and the many other participants for the spirited discussion of topics that have helped shape and clarify aspects of this book. Finally, once again, my love and deepest appreciation for her indispens- able and complete everyday support goes to Julie Stephens. She has improved the final draft by her many socio-cultural
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Schumpeter's Theory of Economic Development
    Journal of Insurance and Financial Management, Vol. 4, Issue 3 (2021) 65-81 Schumpeter’s Theory of Economic Development: A Study of the Creative Destruction and Entrepreneurship Effects on the Economic Growth Farrokh Emami Langroodi a,* a Goethe University Frankfurt, Graduate School of Economics, Finance, & Management (GSEFM), Department of Finance, Germany ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History This paper provides a multifaceted review and Submitted 11 Aug 2021 analysis of Schumpeter’s Theory of Economic Accepted 12 Aug 2021 Development and specifically the creative Available online 13 Aug 2021 destruction effect intertwined with the business JEL Classification cycles, and their effectiveness in explaining the A12 long-run economic growth by first, looking into the B13 main features of this theory; second, comparing the B31 fundamental similarities and differences of B52 Schumpeter theory with respect to Marxism and Keynesianism, third; a comparison of “Schumpeter” Keywords effect vs. the “refugee” effect in recently published Schumpeter Creative Destruction researches, and finally, the relationship of Capitalism Schumpeterian and Kirznerian opportunities in Kirznerian modern entrepreneurship. Marxism Keynesianism Journal of Insurance and Financial Management Economic Growth Business Cycle Entrepreneurship *Corresponding Author: [email protected] Author(s) retain copyright of the submitted paper (Please view the Copyright Notice of JIFM). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Journal of Insurance and Financial Management (ISSN-Canada: 2371-2112) Emami Langroodi F. / Journal of Insurance and Financial Management, Vol. 4, Issue 3 (2021) 65-81 66 1. INTRODUCTION It is well known that Joseph Alois Schumpeter always explained that “analyzing business cycles means neither more nor less than analyzing the economic process of the capitalist era” (Schumpeter, 1939).
    [Show full text]
  • Bibliography
    Bibliography Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics (and Related Projects) Berlet, C. (2017). Hayek, Mises, and the Iron Rule of Unintended Consequences. In R. Leeson (Ed.), Hayek a Collaborative Biography Part IX: Te Divine Right of the ‘Free’ Market. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. Farrant, A., & McPhail, E. (2017). Hayek, Tatcher, and the Muddle of the Middle. In R. Leeson (Ed.), Hayek: A Collaborative Biography Part IX the Divine Right of the Market. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. Filip, B. (2018a). Hayek on Limited Democracy, Dictatorships and the ‘Free’ Market: An Interview in Argentina, 1977. In R. Leeson (Ed.), Hayek a Collaborative Biography Part XIII: ‘Fascism’ and Liberalism in the (Austrian) Classical Tradition. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave Macmillan. Filip, B. (2018b). Hayek and Popper on Piecemeal Engineering and Ordo- Liberalism. In R. Leeson (Ed.), Hayek a Collaborative Biography Part XIV: Orwell, Popper, Humboldt and Polanyi. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. Friedman, M. F. (2017 [1991]). Say ‘No’ to Intolerance. In R. Leeson & C. Palm (Eds.), Milton Friedman on Freedom. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press. © Te Editor(s) (if applicable) and Te Author(s) 2019 609 R. Leeson, Hayek: A Collaborative Biography, Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78069-6 610 Bibliography Glasner, D. (2018). Hayek, Gold, Defation and Nihilism. In R. Leeson (Ed.), Hayek a Collaborative Biography Part XIII: ‘Fascism’ and Liberalism in the (Austrian) Classical Tradition. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. Goldschmidt, N., & Hesse, J.-O. (2013). Eucken, Hayek, and the Road to Serfdom. In R. Leeson (Ed.), Hayek: A Collaborative Biography Part I Infuences, from Mises to Bartley.
    [Show full text]
  • Social Alternatives
    EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE Social Alternatives Bronwyn Stevens University of the Sunshine Coast Social Alternatives is an independent, quarterly refereed Clare Archer-Lean University of the Sunshine Coast journal which aims to promote public debate, commentary and Ella Jeffrey Queensland University of Technology dialogue about contemporary social, political, economic and Jennifer Mays Queensland University of Technology environmental issues. Julie Matthews University of Adelaide Ginna Brock University of the Sunshine Coast Social Alternatives analyses, critiques and reviews contemporary social issues and problems. The journal seeks Debra Livingston University of the Sunshine Coast to generate insight, knowledge and understanding of our Graham Maddox University of New England contemporary circumstances in order to determine local, Cassandra Star Flinders University national and global implications. We are committed to the George Morgan University of Western Sydney principles of social justice and to creating spaces of dialogue Hayley Baxter University of Queensland intended to stimulate social alternatives to current conditions. Helen McLaren Flinders University Social Alternatives values the capacity of intellectual and artistic endeavour to prompt imaginative solutions and Lee-Anne Bye University of the Sunshine Coast alternatives and publishes refereed articles, review essays, Christine Morley Queensland University of Technology commentaries and book reviews as well as short stories, Elizabeth Eddy poems, images and cartoons. ADVISORY BOARD The journal has grappled with matters of contemporary concern for four decades, publishing articles and themed Roland Bleiker University of Queensland issues on topics such as peace and conflict, racism, Verity Burgmann Monash University Indigenous rights, social justice, human rights, inequality and Parlo Singh Griffith University the environment. Please show your support by subscribing to Don Alexander University of Queensland the journal.
    [Show full text]
  • 2.4 the Fourth World War: the EZLN Analysis of Neoliberalism
    We Are from Before, Yes, but We Are New: Autonomy, Territory, and the Production of New Subjects of Self-government in Zapatismo by Mara Catherine Kaufman Department of Cultural Anthropology Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Orin Starn, Co-Supervisor ___________________________ Charles Piot, Co-Supervisor ___________________________ Anne Allison ___________________________ Kathi Weeks ___________________________ Michael Hardt Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Cultural Anthropology in the Graduate School of Duke University 2010 ABSTRACT We Are from Before, Yes, but We Are New: Autonomy, Territory, and the Production of New Subjects of Self-government in Zapatismo by Mara Catherine Kaufman Department of Cultural Anthropology Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Orin Starn, Co-Supervisor ___________________________ Charles Piot, Co-Supervisor ___________________________ Anne Allison ___________________________ Kathi Weeks ___________________________ Michael Hardt An abstract of a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Cultural Anthropology in the Graduate School of Duke University 2010 Copyright by Mara Catherine Kaufman 2010 Abstract The 1994 Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico, created a rupture with a series of neoliberal policies implemented in Mexico and on a global scale over the last few decades of the 20th century. In a moment when alternatives to neoliberal global capitalism appeared to have disappeared from the world stage, the Zapatista Army for National Liberation (EZLN) initiated a movement and process that would have significance not only in Chiapas and for Mexico, but for many struggles and movements around the world that would come to identify with a kind of “alter-globalization” project.
    [Show full text]
  • Eric Laursen This Edition © 2012 AK Press (Oakland, Edinburgh, Baltimore)
    THE PEOPLE’S PENSION THE STRUGGLE TO DEFEND SOCIAL SECURITY SINCE REAGAN ERIC LAURSEN The People’s Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan © 2012 Eric Laursen This edition © 2012 AK Press (Oakland, Edinburgh, Baltimore) ISBN-13: 978-1-84935-101-0 | Ebook ISBN: 978-1-84935-108-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2012933068 AK Press AK Press 674-A 23rd Street PO Box 12766 Oakland, CA 94612 Edinburgh EH8 9YE USA Scotland www.akpress.org www.akuk.com [email protected] [email protected] The above addresses would be delighted to provide you with the latest AK Press distribution catalog, which features the several thousand books, pam- phlets, zines, audio and video products, and stylish apparel published and/ or distributed by AK Press. Alternatively, visit our web site for the complete catalog, latest news, and secure ordering. Visit us at www.akpress.org and www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org. Printed in the U.S. on acid-free, recycled paper. Indexed by Chris Dodge Cover photo, “Thousands of Irate Senior Citizens Protesting at Capitol,” © Bettmann/CORBIS. Used by permission. To the memory of Lois Sherwin Laursen July 13, 1927–July 4, 2004 CONTENTS Prologue . 1 Part I: Social Security and the Reagan Revolution (1981–83) . 31 1 . A New Deal . 33 2 . “A Despicable Thing” . 51 3 . The “Third Rail” of American Politics . 67 4 . “Waiting for the Commission” . 79 5 . The Compromise of 1983 . 95 Part II: The Movement Against Social Security Is Born (1983–94) . 111 6 . Making the Case . 113 7 . “Generational Equity” .
    [Show full text]
  • Towards a Unified Theory Analysing Workplace Ideologies: Marxism And
    Marxism and Racial Oppression: Towards a Unified Theory Charles Post (City University of New York) Half a century ago, the revival of the womens movementsecond wave feminismforced the revolutionary left and Marxist theory to revisit the Womens Question. As historical materialists in the 1960s and 1970s grappled with the relationship between capitalism, class and gender, two fundamental positions emerged. The dominant response was dual systems theory. Beginning with the historically correct observation that male domination predates the emergence of the capitalist mode of production, these theorists argued that contemporary gender oppression could only be comprehended as the result of the interaction of two separate systemsa patriarchal system of gender domination and the capitalist mode of production. The alternative approach emerged from the debates on domestic labor and the predominantly privatized character of the social reproduction of labor-power under capitalism. In 1979, Lise Vogel synthesized an alternative unitary approach that rooted gender oppression in the tensions between the increasingly socialized character of (most) commodity production and the essentially privatized character of the social reproduction of labor-power. Today, dual-systems theory has morphed into intersectionality where distinct systems of class, gender, sexuality and race interact to shape oppression, exploitation and identity. This paper attempts to begin the construction of an outline of a unified theory of race and capitalism. The paper begins by critically examining two Marxian approaches. On one side are those like Ellen Meiksins Wood who argued that capitalism is essentially color-blind and can reproduce itself without racial or gender oppression. On the other are those like David Roediger and Elizabeth Esch who argue that only an intersectional analysis can allow historical materialists to grasp the relationship of capitalism and racial oppression.
    [Show full text]
  • Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 110 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
    E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 110 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 154 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008 No. 36 House of Representatives The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was take these men and women very seri- ment is not to tilt in favor of cycling, called to order by the Speaker pro tem- ously when they bring their message to although I could certainly make that pore (Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD). Capitol Hill. argument, but just to level the playing f Yes, bicycling is fun. We know that field. from our youth. Everybody seems to Why do some Members of Congress DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO have a bicycling story that they love think it’s all right to give tax benefits TEMPORE to tell. However, there are many rea- to commuters that burn gasoline to The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- sons why bicycling should be taken help them cushion their costs, but are fore the House the following commu- very seriously by policymakers. Con- against providing modest tax benefits nication from the Speaker: sider the times. Remember last year for those who burn calories instead? WASHINGTON, DC when oil averaged $72 per barrel and Three times the House of Representa- March 4, 2008. gasoline averaged $2.81 per gallon and tives has passed a modest reform for I hereby appoint the Honorable LUCILLE how people were deeply concerned bike commuter equity, but it has yet ROYBAL-ALLARD to act as Speaker pro tem- about those increases over just the to be enacted into law.
    [Show full text]
  • The Causes of Endoegenous Crises: Heterodox Explanations and Empirical Analysis
    THE CAUSES OF ENDOEGENOUS CRISES: HETERODOX EXPLANATIONS AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS AUTHOR: Jordi Schröder Bosch UNDERGRADUATE: Economics TUTOR: Anna Solé del Barrio DATE: 25.05.2020 ABSTRACT The possibility of endogenous economic crises is an issue that divides economists. Many orthodox approaches reject the existence of this kind of crises (economic recessions are the result of exogenous shocks), while various heterodox schools of thought have conceptualised crisis as an endogenous phenomenon of the cycle. However, these schools differ on what are the causes and the origin of such crisis. The main explanations offered about the main driving of the cycle and its ultimate effect producing crisis are underconsumption, the evolution of profits, and investment. The most relevant schools that have contributed to the debate on endogenous crisis are the classical political economists, the Marxist, and the Keynesian schools of thought. However, so far, this is still a topic of intense debate among many scholars and no agreement on the factors leading to crisis has been reached. A distributed lag model is applied to a time series of profits and investment in the UK economy in order to explore for the relationship between variables. The empirical analysis does not provide robust conclusions and more discussion and debate is needed on that issue. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Motivation ..................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • RESEARCH in POLITICAL ECONOMY Series Editor: Paul Zarembka State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
    CLASS HISTORY AND CLASS PRACTICES IN THE PERIPHERY OF CAPITALISM RESEARCH IN POLITICAL ECONOMY Series Editor: Paul Zarembka State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Recent Volumes: Volume 24: Transitions in Latin America and in Poland and Syria À Edited by P. Zarembka Volume 25: Why Capitalism Survives Crises: The Shock Absorbers À Edited by P. Zarembka Volume 26: The National Question and the Question of Crisis À Edited by P. Zarembka Volume 27: Revitalizing Marxist Theory for Today’s Capitalism À Edited by P. Zarembka and R. Desai Volume 28: Contradictions: Finance, Greed, and Labor Unequally Paid À Edited by P. Zarembka Volume 29: Sraffa and Althusser Reconsidered; Neoliberalism Advancing in South Africa, England, and Greece À Edited by P. Zarembka Volume 30A: Theoretical Engagements In Geopolitical Economy À Edited by Radhika Desai Volume 30B: Analytical Gains of Geopolitical Economy À Edited by R. Desai Volume 31: Risking Capitalism À Edited by Susanne Soederberg Volume 32 Return of Marxian Macro-Dynamics in East Asia À Edited by M. Ishikura, S. Jeong, and M. Li Volume 33 Environmental Impacts of Transnational Corporations in the Global South À Edited by Paul Cooney and William Sacher Freslon EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD GENERAL EDITOR Paul Zarembka State University of New York at Buffalo, USA EDITORIAL BOARD Paul Cooney Jie Meng Universidad Nacional de General Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Sarmiento, Argentina Republic of China Radhika Desai Isabel Monal University of Manitoba, Canada University of Havana, Cuba Thomas Ferguson
    [Show full text]
  • Economics-Slovenia
    www.ssoar.info Economics - Slovenia Mencinger, Joze Veröffentlichungsversion / Published Version Sammelwerksbeitrag / collection article Zur Verfügung gestellt in Kooperation mit / provided in cooperation with: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften Empfohlene Zitierung / Suggested Citation: Mencinger, J. (2002). Economics - Slovenia. In M. Kaase, V. Sparschuh, & A. Wenninger (Eds.), Three social science disciplines in Central and Eastern Europe: handbook on economics, political science and sociology (1989-2001) (pp. 187-194). Berlin: Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-285473 Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Dieser Text wird unter einer CC BY Lizenz (Namensnennung) zur This document is made available under a CC BY Licence Verfügung gestellt. Nähere Auskünfte zu den CC-Lizenzen finden (Attribution). For more Information see: Sie hier: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de 187 Jože Mencinger Economics – Slovenia Discussant: Milan Vodopivec 1. Analysis of the pre-1989 situation Slovenian economic thinking before 1989 was part of Yugoslav economics, both theoretically and methodologically. Thus, at least formally, it followed Marxism. Marx remained to be quoted until 1989, though in a rather superficial and ceremonial way, simply because it was considered proper to do so. In fact, actual systemic development in Yugoslavia had very little to do with Marxism and the same can be said for Yugoslav economics. In the theory of economic systems, the Yugoslav economy served as the only example of what was called the self-managed, the participatory, the labor-managed, or the socialist market economy. The model, however, was not particularly stable and the reality often differed considerably from its theoretical blueprints, which also often lagged behind actual changes of the system.
    [Show full text]
  • An Austro-Libertarian View, Vol. III
    An Austro-Libertarian View, Vol. III An Austro-Libertarian View ESSAYS BY DAVID GORDON VOLUME III CURRENT AFFAIRS • FOREIGN POLICY AMERICAN HISTORY • EUROPEAN HISTORY Mises Institute 518 West Magnolia Avenue Auburn, Alabama 36832-4501 334.321.2100 www.mises.org An Austro-Libertarian View: Essays by David Gordon. Vol. III: Current Affairs, Foreign Policy, American History, European History. Published 2017 by the Mises Institute. This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivs 4.0 Interna- tional License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. ISBN: 978-1-61016-673-7 Table of Contents by Chapter Titles Preface . xiii Foreword . 1 Current Affairs A Propensity to Self-Subversion . 5 “Social Security and Its Discontents” . 9 Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in 20th-Century America . 11 The Irrepressible Rothbard: The Rothbard-Rockwell Report Essays of Murray N. Rothbard . 17 While America Sleeps: Self-Delusion, Military Weakness, and the Threat to Peace Today . 23 The War Over Iraq: Saddam’s Tyranny and America’s Mission . 29 Why We Fight: Moral Clarity and the War on Terrorism . 35 Speaking of Liberty . 39 Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free Society . 45 No Victory, No Peace . 51 Resurgence of the Warfare State: The Crisis Since 9/11 . 57 In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State . 63 World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism . 71 Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement . 77 The Meaning of Sarkozy . 85 The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free .
    [Show full text]
  • Paper-19 Sociology of Development
    MA in Sociology Paper-19 Sociology of Development Prof. Navaneeta Rath Department of Sociology Utkal University Directorate of Distance &Continuing Education Utkal University, Vani Vihar Website: www.ddceutkal.org UNIT-1 1.0. Objectives 1.1. Concept and Definitions of Development 1.1.1. Characteristics of Development 1.1.2. Perspectives on Development 1.1.3. Dimensions of Development 1.1.4. Models of Development 1.2. Economic Growth 1.2.1 Meaning 1.2.2. Characteristics of economic growth 1.2.3. Why countries desire economic growth? 1.2.4. Key drivers of economic growth 1.2.5. Circle of Economic Growth 1.2.6. Phases of economic growth 1.2.7. Economic growth and development 1.2.8. Barriers to economic growth 1.3 Human Development 1.3.1. Human Development: The Concept 1.3.2. Human Development in the United Nation’s Agenda 1.3.3. Human development Approach vs. the Conventional Development Approach 1.3.4. Indicators of human development 1.3.5. Economic development and human development 1.3.6. Barriers to human development: 1.4. Social development 1.4.1. Social development: Meaning and definitions 1.4.2. Features of Social Development 1.4.3. Social Development in the United Nation’s Agenda 1.4.4. Social Development in India 1.4.5. Factors facilitating Social Development 1.4.6. Factors hindering Social Development 1.5. Sustainable Development 1.5.1. Meaning and definition 1.5.2. Origin of the concept 1.5.3. World Conventions on Sustainable Development 1.5.4. Objectives of sustainable Development 1.5.5.
    [Show full text]